Master of Arts (Development Studies)

Location: Hyderabad

School: School of Livelihoods and Development

Intake: 30

Eligibility

a) Candidates having a bachelor's degree with minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent ( under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognized university are eligible to apply

b) At the time of applying candidates studying in 3 year degree progremme should have passed in all the subjects for the 1st to 4th semesters and candidates studying in 4 year degree progrmmes should have passed in all the subjects for 1st to 6th semester.

c) Only those Candidates who will be able to complete all the requirements of their final year Bachelor's Degree examinations by Saturday, June 02, 2018 are eligible to apply to all the programme.

Till the time the candidate submit results of the final year degree examination, admission to any of the Master's Degree Programmes of the Institute will be provisional. The results of the final examination have to be submitted before September 29, 2018. Those who fail to do so the provisional admission stands cancelled.

The Master of Arts (Development Studies) is being offered from the TISS Hyderabad campus from the academic year 2014-15. This programme is anchored by the School of Livelihoods and Development Studies.

Master of Arts (Development Studies) as a subject of study seeks to analyse the dynamics of development, understood broadly as the socio-cultural, economic, political and technological aspects underlying societal change. To do so, it employs the interdisciplinary approach: draws upon the theories and analytical tools from various social science disciplines and tries to integrate them to arrive at a broader picture. Additionally, given its primary engagement with the analysis of the process of development and its varying impacts, its orientation is twofold: informing towards better policy-making and inculcating a concern and commitment about social justice and sustainable development.

The Master of Arts (Development Studies) programme offered by TISS, Hyderabad campus aims to impart students a broad-based understanding of the perspectives, practices and processes of development and their varying implications on the society and environment. To do so, it strives to integrate insights drawn from different disciplines so as to both respect competing viewpoints and to form an informed perspective. Specifically, it aims to guide the students towards a grounded and broad-based learning, develop competency in skills of data analysis and assessment and provide opportunities to use them to assess development practice through experiential learning and research. It is hoped that this course would attract outstanding students from varying educational and social backgrounds who commonly share a concern for development and nourish their potentials so as to enable them to make critical contribution in the field of their choice.

Objectives

Spread over two years (for four semesters), the students are offered a wide range of courses, both basic and elective, and a research project experience. This programme attempts:

To equip students in developing critical perspectives in examining developmental experiences and their consequences for the society, especially on vulnerable, disadvantaged and the marginalised sections, and the natural environment.

To introduce the students to models of development; creates an understanding of participatory, self-sustaining and people-centred public policies and development; and

develops their expertise in methodologies and skills for development research, and programme planning and management.

Employment Opportunities

Students who graduate with this degree can find their professional career in academic institutions pursuing inter-disciplinary research and teaching in development studies; in civil and allied administrative services; development facilitating organisations; the corporate sector; and in research consultancy firms.

Programme

For details of the programme, Faculty profile and experience of students visit www.campus.tiss.edu/hyderabad

Distribution of Credit Hours:

Note: The Semester -wise listing of courses is provisional, and may undergo some changes

Semesterwise Courses:

Note: The Semester -wise listing of courses is provisional, and may undergo some changes

Fee Structure:

Components

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Fees

Sem I

Sem II

Sem III

Sem IV

FEE

Tuition Fee

12000

12000

12000

12000

Examination Fee

800

800

800

800

Medical Examination Fee

100

0

0

0

CHARGES

Field Work Charges

4000

4000

4000

4000

Computer Charges

1000

1000

1000

1000

Convocation Charges

0

0

0

2000

ID Card Charges

300

0

0

0

FUNDS

Students' Competency Fund

0

0

0

Internship Fund

0

0

0

0

Lab Charges / Studio Fund

0

0

0

0

Dev. Fund / Prog. Fund

8000

8000

0

0

Students' Union Fund

500

500

500

500

Medical Insurance Fund

1500

0

1500

0

DEPOSITS & ADVANCES

A) Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate)